Environment and Social Management Framework GUJARAT STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (GSDMA) Draft Environment and Social Management Framework National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project-II Abbreviations APL Adaptable Programme Loan APMC Agriculture Produce Market Committee BISAG Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Application and Geo-Informatics, Gandhinagar BNHS Bombay natural History Society BP Bank Procedures BT Black Top CRZ Coastal Regulation Zone CSMMC Cyclone Shelter Management and Maintenance Committee CVCA Critically Vulnerable Coastal Areas CZMA Coastal Zone Management Authority CZMP Coastal Zone Management Plans DPO District Project Coordinator EA Environment Assessment EAC Expert Appraisal Committee EC Environmental Clearance EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environment Management Plan EPA The Environment (Protection) Act ESS Environment and Social Standards FCA Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 GCZMA Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority GEC Gujarat Ecology Commission GoI Government of India GPCB Gujarat Pollution Control Board GS Gram Sabha GSDMA Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority GSDP Gujarat‟s State Domestic Product GVA Gross Value Added HRVA Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Atlas HTL High Tide Line IBA Important Bird Area IDA International Development Association IMD Indian Metrological Department LTL Low Tide Line MoEFCC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change NH National Highways NCRMP National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project NDMA National Disaster Management Authority OP Operational Policies PAP Project Affected Persons PGA Peak Ground Acceleration PMSC Project Management Consultancy Service SAC, ISRO Space Application Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Ahmedabad SEAC State Expert Appraisal Committee SH State Highway TOR Terms of Reference UTs Union Territories UNDP United Nation Development Program WB World Bank CONTENTS CHAPTER-1: BRIEF ABOUT NATIONAL CYCLONE RISK MITIGATION PROJECT .................................................. 7 1.1 PROJECT PREMISE ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7 1.2 THE PROJECT – NCRMP .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.3 PROJECT OBJECTIVES: ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.4 THE FINANCING AND PROJECT AGREEMENTS: ............................................................................................................................ 8 1.5 NCRMP (ADDITIONAL FINANCING: ................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.6 NCRMP PHASE-II:................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 1.7 NCRMP- GUJARAT SUB-PROJECT: .................................................................................................................................................. 9 1.8 PROJECT COMPONENT - GUJARAT SUB-PROJECT: ................................................................................................................... 10 1.9 NEED OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT: ......................................................................................................... 10 1.10 PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN GUJARAT: ......................................................................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER 2: BRIEF ABOUT PROJECT AREA -GUJARAT UNDER NCRMP-II......................................................... 12 2.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.2 TOPOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.3 LAND USE PATTERN ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12 2.4 ECONOMIC PROFILE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 13 2.5 AGRICULTURE .................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 2.6 CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN GUJARAT..................................................................................................................................... 13 2.7 INDUSTRIES ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.8 PEOPLE .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 2.9 CULTURE ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 CHAPTER 3: ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES OF THE STUDY AREA ....................................................................... 15 3.1 CLIMATE ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.2 SOILS .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.3 AGRO CLIMATE ................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.4 FORESTS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.5 ECOLOGICALY SENSITIVE AREAS ................................................................................................................................................. 16 3.6 GIR SANCTUARY AND NATIONAL PARK: ....................................................................................................................................... 16 3.7 MARINE NATIONAL PARK & WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: ................................................................................................................... 17 3.8 WILD ASS SANCTUARY: ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.9 WETLANDS OF GUJARAT ................................................................................................................................................................ 17 3.10 MANGROVES ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.11 SEA TURTLE BREEDING GROUND ................................................................................................................................................. 18 3.12 GUJARAT COAST .............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 CHAPTER -4. NATURAL DISASTER VULNERABILITY –GUJARAT ......................................................................... 19 4.1 NATURAL DISASTER VULNERABILITY ........................................................................................................................................... 19 4.2 CYCLONE ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 4.3 EARTHQUAKE ................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 4.4 DROUGHT .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 CHAPTER 5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL REGULATIONS & LEGAL FRAMEWORK ......................................... 24 5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 24 5.2 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (OP/BP 4.01): ............................................................................................................................ 24 5.3 INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT (OP/BP 4.12) .............................................................................................................................